Our planet is speeding toward a dangerous temperature milestone, and dozens of climate scientists warn we could surpass it ...

The James Webb telescope has made another stunning discovery -- this time of a massive planet that could potentially sustain ...

What can Earth-sized exoplanets teach scientists about the formation and evolution of exoplanets throughout the cosmos? This is what a study recently posted to the arXiv preprint server hopes to ...

Radar and gravity records from NASA’s Magellan orbiter show that Venus' surface is still shifting and is not geologically ...

Using NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS), an international team of astronomers has discovered a new ...

A temporary “mini-moon” will whirl around Earth for about two months as our planet’s gravity captures a small asteroid named 2024 PT5 in its orbit.

One of the asteroids will come as close as within 120,000 miles from the Earth, soaring past at over 41,000 miles per hour. U.S ... reaching within 636,000 miles from planet Earth, the JPL notes.

When approaching Earth, asteroids tend to do one of two things: Most of the time, they miss.Sometimes, they hit, leaving a bright streak in our planet’s sky or a gruesome new wound in its crust ...

Editor's Note: This story was corrected at 1:15 p.m. E.D.T. on Saturday, Aug. 17 to note that the moon's distance from Earth, and the length of days, increased relative to their starting point by ...